Rogue Security Software, Threats for Computer Users

San Francisco - Rogue security software is now included among the top threat to computer users around the world with the number of machines infected with the program such a sharp increase, as the report Microsoft, on Wednesday.

Rogue security software is software that uses malware (malicious software) or the evil that be up or install itself or force computer users to pay to remove malware is actually no.

Rogue security software, also known as scareware, computer users take advantage of the desire to keep their computers protected and bait for them to purchase the fake program code that is actually the evil that is often designed to steal personal information.


Security Intelligence Report, issued by the end of the Microsoft, the second semester in 2008, Win32/Renos - a threat that is used to send a rogue security software, detected in 4.4 million computers, up 66.6 percent from the first semester of that year.

According to the report, two more families rogue security software detected in the more than 1.5 million computers, so they included among the 10 major threat in the second semester of 2008.

Security Intelligence Report, which uses data gathered from hundreds of millions of computers around the world, issued twice a year.

Based on these new findings, the report recommends that the user must do proactive action to protect themselves, such as use of anti-malware product from a source that is known and trusted and continue to update the device.

Computer users must also be careful and not follow the ad software is not known which appear to provide protection, said the report.